Animated doll



l PETROWl AIMATED DOLL.

APPLICATION man JULY 7. 1921.

Patented @et il?, 1922.

entre@ sra ALEX PIETRW, (OF SAN FRANCESCO, CALIIFURNEEA.

'ANIMATED DGM.

Application tiled July 7,

To all whom it may cof/wem:

Be it known that l, ALEX Pnfrnow, a citizen of the United States, and resident of San Francisco, county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented a new and useful Animated Doll, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve' ments in animated dolls and the primary object is to provide simple and inexpensive means for causing the eyes of the doll to be given a more natural and life-like appearance when the doll is tilted whereby the animation is accentuated.

An object of the invention is to provide means of the character described which will be positive and reliable in operation and easy to install in the head of the doll, said means providing for a lateral and an openin and closing movement of the eyes.

he invention has further objects and advantages, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth at length in the following description wherein lt shall outline in full that form of the invention which ll have selected for illustration in the dra ings accompanying and forming a part of the present specification. lin said drawings l have shown one form of the construction of my invention but it is to be understood that l do not limit myself to such form, since the invention as expressed in the claims may be embodied in a plurality of forms.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the head of the doll, showing the invention in side elevation therein, Figure 2 is -a plan view of the invention, the doll head being broken away, and Figure 3 is a perspective detail view of a portion of my mechanism providing for lateralmovement of the eyes.

Referring to the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawing, ll provide a doll head (l) of the ordinary hollow form having eye sockets (2) in which eyes (3) are movably mounted on the pins (20). T he eyes are of ball form and movable freely in said sockets. Mounted in the sockets so as to be moved downwardly and upwardly in front of the eyes are eye-lid elements (4) of semi-spherical form. rll`hese elements are made to simulate the human eyelid having lashes (5) on the forward edge thereof. The elements (a) are provided with trunnions 1921. Serial No. 482,971.

(6) pivoted in the sides of the eye sockets. Means is provided for operating the lid elements so as to provide an opening and closing efect for the eyes when the doll is tilted forwardly and rearwardly. llhis means compr1ses a pendulum device composed of a wei h t (7) carried on the lower end of an arm 8) which latter is pivotally secured to a rearward extension,(9) carried by a web (10). lhe web (1 0) joins the elements (4l). The arm curves forwardly toward its lower end so as to dispose the weight in position to keep the eyes open normally and so that a decided tilting movement is required to close the lid elements.

To provide for lateral movement of the eyes (3) so as to give the doll a life-like appearance, arms (11) are extended rearwardly from the eyes and at their rear ends are suitably pivotally joined to a cross member (12). A bar (1d) is pivotally connected to the center of the cross member (12) and extends from there rearwardly to a bracket (16) secured to the rear wall of the head as shown at (17) and is pivotally connected thereto by means of the pin (18), a slot (19) in the bar (la) allowing of slight longitudinal play of the bar on its pivot (18). rl`he bar is slotted longitudinally, as shown at 25, and adapted to receive in this slot the arm (8). lt will thus be seen that when the doll is turned sid ways so that the weight causes the arm (8) to pivot on its pin (19), the arm will actuate the bar (14) and, since the rear end of the latter cannot move sideways, the arm will cause the front end to pivot on the pin (18) and to thereby turn the eyes sideways. 'llhe bar (14:) is curved, as shown in the drawing so as to allow the weight to operate the bar at a better leverage.

lt will be seen that by means of this operation, which is both simple and eflicient, one weight controls both the side motion of the eyes and the vertical motion of the lids.

l claim:

1. A doll embodying in its construction a head, eyes capable of lateral movement, lid elements movable vertically relative to the eyes, a member joined to and extending rearwardly from the lid elements, an arm pivoting laterally thereon, a weight at the lower end of the arm for imparting motion to the lids on a forward or rearward tilting of the head, and a pivoted connection between the eyes and the rear portion of the to the lids on a forward orerearward tilting of the head, rods carried by and extending rearward from the eyes, a cross-member to which the arms are pivoted, and a pivoted connection between the cross-member and the rear portion of the head operatively engaging said arm, whereby motion is imparted to the eyes on a tilting of the head sideways.

ALEX PETROW. 

